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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4170, 1 August 1874, Page 4

Government Notices. N EW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. WELLINGTON TO MASTERTONPAKURATAHI CONTRACT.” Public Works Office, Wellington, 2nd July, 1874. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at tins office up to NOON on WEDNESDAY, 2nd September, 1874, for the Construction of the above, being about 0 miles 50 chains in length. They must be addressed to the Hon. Minister for Public Works, and marked outside “ Tender, Pakuratahi Contract.” Plans and specifications may bo seen at this Office. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received, if presented at any Telegraph Office by NOON of the same date, provided that written tenders, in due form, are lodged at a District or Resident Engineer’s office by the same hour. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command, JOHN CARRUTHERS, Engineer-in-Chief. ZEALAND RAILWAYS. > WAIKATO BRIDGE CONTRACT. Public Works Office, Wellington, July 22, 1874. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received atlthis office up to NOON on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1874, for the erection of a BRIDGE over the WAIKATO RIVER at NEWCASTLE. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside, “ Tender, Waikato Bridge.” Plans and specifications may be seen at this office, and at the Public Works Offices, Auckland and Newcastle, on the arrival of the first mail after this date. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received, if presented at any telegraph office by NOON of the same date, provided that written tenders in due form are lodged at a District or Resident Engineer’s office by the same hour. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command. JOHN CARRUTHERS, _ Engineer-in- Chief. fjl O CONTRACTORS. The TELEGRAPH COMMISSIONER is prepared to RECEIVE TENDERS for the SUPPLY and DELIVERY of EIVE HUNDRED (500) TELEGRAPH POLES, more or less, for a line of Telegraph between the Town of Eoxton and the Town of Palmerston North. The poles to be sawn from the heart of totara. The poles to be of the following dimensions : —Twenty-five (25) and twenty (20) feet long in proportions hereinafter to be determined, but the greater portion will be twenty (20) feet long, to be eight (8) inches square at the butt, and six (6) inches square at the top. The poles to be sound, straight, and free from shakes, knots, and sap. N.B.—-iVb pole will be accepted which contains the least sap or speckled timber, and should any pole be brought on to the gr ound not in accordance ■with the specification, the same will be cut in half prior to being rejected. The poles ■will have to be delivered at points not less than four (4) chains apart, along a line of telegraph to be hereafter more particularly indicated by pegs, which will follow, as a rule, along the present tramway from Eoxton to Palmerston north. The delivery of the poles to commence on the Ist September, 1874, and the whole to be delivered within three (3) months of the date of signing the contract, under a penalty of five (£5) pounds per diem for every day beyond the time specified, which penalty will be recoverable from the contractor from any sums that may be, or become, due to him under his contract. Progress payments will be made at the rate of eighty (80) per cent, as the works advance, the balance on completion of contract. The contractor will not be allowed to let or sub-let his contract without the consent in writing of the Telegraph Commissioner, or of the person authorised by him to act on his behalf. Tenders are to specify the price per pole as per sizes given. Each tender to be accompanied by a deposit of fifty pounds (£SO) as a guarantee of good faith, which sum will be forfeited by any tenderer, should he refuse to take up his tender in the event of its being accepted. Each tender must include the names of two sureties for approval, who are willing to become bond for the due performance of the contract in the event of the tender being accepted, and must be accompanied by a notification to the effect, signed by the two proposed sureties. Tenders endorsed, “ Tender for the Supply of five hundred (GOO) Poles, more or less, for Telegraph Lines between Eoxton and Palmerston North,” and addressed “The General Manager, Telegraph Department, Wellington,” must be sent in not later than the Ist August next. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, C. LEMON, - General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph, Head Office, Wellington, 27th June, 1874. "MPORTANT ' SALE OE LANDS. CROWN Notice is hereby given that 47,000 acres, more or less, of Crown Lands, divided into Suburban and Rural Sections; situated in the PARAE-KARETU BLOCK, West Coast, and distant ten miles from the township of Marton, Upper Rangltikei, wiE bo sold by public auction, at this office, on or about Ist September. The Parae-Karetu Block, hereafter to be called, “The Township of Hunter,” is easily accessible both from Wanganui and Rangitikei. Part of the land is covered with open bush, while that in the Pourewa Valley and also on the Turakina side consists of level country. Further information 'will be given in future advertisements. JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Lands Office, Wellington, June 30, 1874. Money- _____ EW ZEALAND TRUST AND LOAN COMPANY. MONEY TO LEND at 7 per cent. Apply to LEVIN & CO., Agents.